Littleton's Kaitlyn Roffman qualifies for the New Englands

Littleton High indoor track athlete, Kaitlyn Roffman, came in fifth place in the 2-mile at the MIAA All State meet held at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston on Saturday, Feb. 24.

Her time of 11 minutes, 26.47 seconds and placement qualified her for the New England championship to be held this Saturday, March 3 at the same venue.

After the MIAA Division 5 meet the previous week where she ran a time of 11:46.49, Roffman took the last qualifing position for the All State Meet where she came in first in the unseeded heat. Her time was better than all but four in the championship heat.

After the meet Littleton coach Marc Saucier said “At the Division 5 meet Kaitlyn had already run a hard mile race and really had a tough time in the 2-mile. She was disappointed with her race and thought she had let the team down. We were surprised when we found out she had still qualified for the All State meet, just 0.35 seconds over the next best time from the Division 2 meet. I always tell the girls, never give up no matter how tough it gets. Kaitlyn didn’t give up. Her perseverance not only got her into the All State meet but now the New England meet. We couldn’t be prouder of her.”

Littleton athletes also competed in the 600 and the 4x800 relay at the All State meet. Emma Hartzel came in 21st place in the 600 with a time of 1:43.39. Roffman and Hartzel were also in the 4x800 relay team with Camille Sawosik and Grace Formichella. They came in 14th overall in a time of 9:50.84.

Missing from this year’s meet was Sarah Roffman who had to pull out of the mile and relay races because of an injury. She hopes to be back in action in time for the New Balance Nationals meet held in New York the weekend of March 10 where she’s expected to race in the mile race as well as 4x800 relay along with her sister Kaitlyn, Hartzel and Formichella.